Public Display of Disaffection

"As ‘cell-fishness’ hits an all-time high, a backlash against mobile devices includes outright bans."

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I recently took a fresh look at Macleans Magazine, a publication I've often given short-shrift over the years. This time I was pleasently surprised. Among the several articles I found both interesting and useful in the September 19, 2011 edition was this sensitive and timely nugget by Anne Kingston and Alex Ballingall profiling the cultural and political nips and tucks of public PDA etiquette.

"A recent survey by consumer electronic site Retrevo found 10 per cent of people under age 25 didn’t see anything wrong with texting during sex."

Here's a link: Public display of disaffection - Life - Macleans.ca

The Future of Mobile Devices

Soothsayer David Neale was, until very recently, Vice President of Special Projects at Research in Motion: this after a brief stint with Telus and a long-standing, affair with Rogers Wireless.

Now President at Neale and Associates he has much to say about the future of human connectivity and the use of personal devices.

This February 2011 audio interview with Nora Young from CBC's 'Spark' is no exception -- including a very succinct positioning of the tablet in the human rush toward all things digital.

Here's the Link: David Neale on the future of mobile devices.

David Neale illustration - CBC Spark

Mobile Operators Will Lose Voice Services...

The world changes fast, as Android, iOS, RIM, and maybe even WinX, become our environments (mobile platforms) of choice. This short article explains. (Link Below).

"This future is inevitable, and the changes are coming very soon. With mobile platform providers running the show today, carriers simply have no way of stopping the process. "

"Let’s face it, the only two things that still connect carriers to consumers are the voice number and billing for the network access."

Here's the link:

Mobile operators will lose voice services to mobile platforms — Mobile Technology News:

Are apps the evil twins of e-books?

"Apps allow interactive content, but lock readers into a platform that may disappear."

An interesting, enlightening and, thankfully, short comment from one of this planet's most mainline experts in paleoanthropology, genetics and evolution -- of all things! It's worth the effort. Here's the link;

Are apps the evil twins of e-books? | john hawks weblog:
Thu, 2011-09-01 23:31 -- John Hawks